That one is beat up quasi prototype and not representative of NIB.

At the end of the day, they finally confirmed they are doing an initial run of 300 and are nearly, if not completely, sold out, so prob why they haven't vested too much into that show game.

going to Magfest?

Yesssir, I usually send at least a couple of arcade games. I plan on sending AFM and FH this year as well...

The game at Expo was a Engineering Sample game. 1 of 5 pre production games. She been around the block at time or two. Unfortunately the flipper opto was flaking out. Pretty common part, but could not find one at the show. We were very disappointed that we could not get it working properly.

We will have TBL in our showroom to play. Much better environment to get the full experience of the machine.

As mentioned we are currently sold out. We are hoping to get more built, but no news on that happening yet. We are putting together a list if we are lucky enough to get more inventory. Otherwise its a bummer dude.

If you need at info please feel free to give me a ring at

570-847-6366

Or

[email protected]

Regards

Chris

I got some information man, new shit has come to light!
Here is what im blathering about...TBL #19 has landed in Oregon!

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Super sweet. I can't wait till my day, maybe sooner than later. With all the new shit that's come light. Enjoy.

Congratulations! Is that bad boy going on route? Portlander here trying to hunt down one of these beauties.

Nope this TBL is gunna get bolted to the floor of my game room and when I die I plan on being creamated with it and our ashes are going into a foldgers can.

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NEW SHIT!

Dude. I am glad #19 is getting cracked open! But I am missing it a little.....

Dude I owe you a couple of rounds of White Russians. I have a feeling this TBL is really gunna tie my game room together! You will be unboxing #141 before you know it.
Thanks again!!

I didn't get this email can someone fill me in on this, also where do I go to download the updated code?

I guess this is old news and I'm late to the party, but I contacted Melissa today and she said she doesn't think Dutch will do any more runs beyond the initial 300 pins. She said if they do, they will likely make changes to the game.

I had planned all along to get TBL and wait for it to be in stock at CT and go pick one up. I won't pre order. I'll buy a game when I can pick it up when I pay or have it shipped shortly thereafter...I guess I may have to wait on the secondary market.

Somewhat contradictory of the info stated earlier in this thread:

Extremely helpful!.. Thank you Ectobar!

I hope they do another run.

I wasn't really in a hurry because I knew it was going to take them a long time to get through all the pre orders. I figured it would be late next year before CT had them in stock for non pre orders.

I have a feeling the secondary market is going to be a looooooong wait.

Obviously a few will try and get their $10k back but I can't imagine many buyers wanting to sell for years if ever.

I'd put your name on list if there is one, but then don't worry about it. If there is, there is. If not, then maybe DP#2 will be to your liking and maybe they will have a purchase model you can get behind.

And yes, secondary market. Not mine, but maybe others.

Thanks for this info Ectobar. Did it come with the game, or did you find it on a DP forum? Just asking so I know what/where to monitor in the future.

Whoo-hoo, my game just passed St Louis and will be here on Thursday. Big props to Melissa at CoinTaker, the handoff and shipping arrangements were effortless.

It was one of the New Shit Newsletters that they sent out.

If anyone is missing any of the newsletters and wants to read through them, I still have them all. Shoot me a pm with your email and I can forward them along.
For the most part though, they have all been posted in the PreOrder thread.

The unboxing guide and the software update were only sent to container 1 folks, not broadcast to everyone. They asked people not fwd the unboxing guide cause they might improve it for next batch. However, If you are standing in front of a TBL box without this guide, I will be happy to fwd or bug Barry for the latest.

I spoke with Barry last Sunday and he confirmed the story of Rubberduck, eg they are negotiating with ARA to do another run on TBL.

If they can't come to an agreement this would mean indeed stop after 300 pcs, or find another ARA, but can't imagine they can't come to a deal. After all ARA has invested also a lot to get where they are now and than stop?? Doesn't sound right.

So my personal feeling is that there will come another run if enough interest in the market is there hence the collecting of names.

Most people who bought one paid $8500.

But yeah, I'm in the "bolt it to the floor" club.

I have a rule against pre ordering....so I called Nitro and pre ordered. So much for my rules. 1,000 down isn't that bad. The rest isn't due until it's ready to ship.

I won't tell if you switch your stance to having a rule against pre paying.. which you clearly haven't done

I'm right there with you. I was a Lebowski day 1 customer, then cancelled, but I always wanted the title and was waiting till there was machines available generally. But if there is a risk that 300 will be all they are making, I called Nitro. It is my dream theme, my favorite movie, and I'd be sad if I never had the chance to get it.

"Fear of Missing Out".... damn, got me again!

What a great year for Pinball. First I took delivery on TH Smaug SE #41 this summer, and now TBL #48 is safely loaded in my pinhauler and headed for home. Woot!

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Here's a quick update on my unboxing and setup. The good news is that the game code is already at the latest version (45) so there was nothing for me to do on that front.

As for the connections, as someone posted earlier in this thread, three Molex connectors had detached themselves from the ATX power supply in the head of the machine. The wire loom they're part of slipped down about an inch during shipping and that was enough to cause them to disconnect themselves. It was an easy fix once I located the earlier post in this thread and could see what the issue was. I will attach a pic of the cables and where they need to go, plus the error you'll see on the DMD if this happens to you.

Other than that, it is working good right out of the box. My skills aren't good enough yet to progress far enough to get to whatever mode opens the car that swings out on the upper playfield, nor have I seen the bowler in the lower playfield come into play yet. I only had time to put about five or six games on it last night so I should get past that point pretty quickly, hopefully tonight.

Good luck to all the other achievers who are un-boxing their games from this latest container. It was definitely worth the wait.

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I'm starting to think they were never connected, heard so many people have this same thing including myself. Enjoy the ride, it's a kick ass game

Quite possible. They might want to prevent tension from damaging the loom during transit.

On mine, two were clipped in and the other was in the socket but not clipped. If they didn't clip it completely at the factory, I could see how they could work out during shipping.

I gave my beautiful baby up for adoption today! The Big Lebowski #45 is now on location at Sunshine Laundromat / Pinball Bar here in Greenpoint, Brookyln. I love it, feels like a good old Bally/Williams game but modernized and pretty as hell. The screen, LEDs and playfield art are great . Worth the trip to if you want to give it a go (some of the 30 other games might be fun too i guess...).

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Braver than me! Being on the corner it is gonna get abused a bit?

So......how is it?

Still haven't opened it i have to work this weekend, hopefully I can get
Her unboxed on Sunday.

Has anyone heard any updates regarding the third US shipment of TBLs? I am hoping they get shipped this week for end of Dec.

It would seem if they are running at 8 per week, on the way to running 20 per week, another load should be ready to pop.

OK. Took your advice. Hanging out at Sunshine. TBL here I come.

Great place. Well worth the holiday traffic.

Here are my notes on TBL. Diverter not working and isn't in the track. Angle too steep. Tilt is crazy sensitive probably from the angle. Guessing the frame around the pendulum is too close on the front side. Can't make the right ramp probably from angle. I'm thinking the trilogy should be together, TBL, IM and Tron.

For whatever it's worth I got to play an early achiever machine for a few hours over the weekend. I've been thinking of ordering one and I went with a fellow pinhead that was also considering buying this machine. Both of us walked away knowing for sure it's not for us. Build quality being the biggest reason for this decision. The game as a whole just has a really cheap feeling to me. The lockdown bar for instance is too wide and does not fit the machine. It also has sharp unfinished corners caused by the chrome-plating. The flippers have a strange feeling to them almost like the bats are too light. While others were playing I noticed many PF components flexed and moved that normally do not in other games. I'll look past the small code issues that were noticed as well as poor tilt bob adjustment. Some of the shots just don't feel right. I do enjoy the theme, and the colors/design do look great. The screen, callouts, and music are well done. Perhaps I'm being too critical but for that much dough, it needs to be better than Stern/JJP build quality.

Stating the obvious that Stern build quality does not equal JJP build quality.

Ugh, thats not what we need to hear, waiting for 3 years and we get a bad review like this.

Hmmm. Now I'm nervous. Any other owner out there care to comment about the build quality issues, shots not right, flexing parts? i played one, but I didn't pay this close of attention.

Played the snot out of it for the past two weekends, does not feel cheap to me. I love it!

I actually thought just the opposite. I really don't like how cheap Sterns feel, but I found the build quality of TBL to be excellent and on par with JJP. Flippers feel real nice to me and better than JJP IMO, much like a WMS game. The code has a nice base to it, but it still needs some work, too many bug crashes for my tastes and a little more depth would be nice. I'd like to see some reference to finding the Credence tapes or a find the Credence tapes mode. Overall quite happy with the product at this point though.

I agree that the build quality is very good. The game looks amazing.

However, still don't care about the actual game itself. Code isn't anything special, and none of the shots feel particularly rewarding.

I very much hope new code comes out and the game improves. In the meantime, the game barely gets turned on.

What's the word on code updates. Any news there?